Monroe County, AL tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Revenue Commissioner: Elizabeth H. Saucer. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 65 North Alabama Ave., Monroeville, AL 36460 (Monroe County Courthouse). The Alabama Department of Revenue county directory lists the phone as 251-743-4107 Ext. 124.
• •The county's collection page states property taxes are due October 1 and become delinquent January 1, with interest accruing at 1% per month plus additional delinquent charges after January 1. That delinquency clock feeds the spring tax lien auction.
• •The auction platform is GovEase. The county links bidders to www.govease.com to create an account and to liveauctions.govease.com/Account/Login to sign in. Both URLs were verified to load.
• •The Revenue Commissioner's public portal (Citizen Access Portal, monroe.capturecama.com) has no investor login or in-portal auction module enabled, which is consistent with the sale being conducted entirely on GovEase.
• •The county portal's own auction banner is toggled on ahead of each sale and was off at the time of this check, after the May 2026 auction date had passed. Treat the stored May 4, 2026 date as the last published sale date rather than an upcoming one.
• •Monroe County's Alabama Department of Revenue transcript of tax delinquent land available for sale (WWW_TRANS_51.PDF, dated 07/20/2026) contained a header and no parcel rows, so there was no state-held over-the-counter inventory for Monroe County at that time.

Alabama rules

Max interest rate

12% per year, bid down at auctionCode of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-184 - Auction procedures; winning bidsAla. Code § 40-10-184Verified Jul 25, 2026

Minimum return

No statutory minimum; interest accrues at your bid rateCode of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-184 - Auction procedures; winning bidsAla. Code § 40-10-184Verified Jul 25, 2026

Redemption

A tax lien can be redeemed at any time before the circuit court enters judgment in a foreclosure action, and the holder cannot file that action until four years after the auction or the tax official's private sale. If the holder does not commence a foreclosure action within ten years of the auction or sale, the certificate expires and the lien becomes void. A certificate holder has no right to enter or possess the property, make repairs, or charge rents before it receives the circuit clerk's deed. In a county that uses the Article 1 property tax sale instead, land sold to a purchaser other than the state may be redeemed within three years from the date of sale, and land bid in for the state may be redeemed at any time before title passes out of the state.Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-193 - Redemption of a tax lienAla. Code § 40-10-193Verified Jul 25, 2026

Surplus proceeds

In a court-ordered auction the proceeds pay the cost of the auction first, then the certificate holder up to the redemption amount plus taxes it paid before filing and the court-allowed costs and fees. Any surplus goes to the owner or the owner's heirs or successors as the court determines, and Alabama's unclaimed property law applies to whatever is left. In a county that instead uses the Article 1 property tax sale, the excess over the decree is held in a separate county account for three years for a party who redeems, and Section 40-10-28 opens later windows in which the owner or a redeeming party can claim it.Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-28 - Disposition of excess arising from saleAla. Code § 40-10-28Verified Jul 25, 2026

Governing statute

Ala. Code § 40-10-180Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-180 - Purpose; choice of remedy by tax collecting officialAla. Code § 40-10-180Verified Jul 25, 2026

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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